Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in Cincinnati
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for Cincinnati food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Cincinnati is home to one of the largest grocery retailers in the United States and a correspondingly strong private-label manufacturing base. The SDH-R delivers the repeatability those programs demand.
Cup Filling & Sealing for Cincinnati Producers
Private-label contracts are won on consistency across a year, not on a good day. The SDH-R suits Cincinnati's co-manufacturers because fill volume, seal temperature and dwell live in the PLC/HMI as named recipes - the third-shift operator reproduces the first-shift cup exactly - while +/-0.5% servo dosing protects margin on low-margin private-label work and optional MAP nitrogen supports 30-45+ day retail programs.
Why the SDH-R Suits Cincinnati Production
Servo-Driven +/-0.5% Accuracy
The volumetric piston meters by displaced volume, holding +/-0.5% fill-weight accuracy across smooth, whipped and chunky products - protecting net-content compliance and margins.
All-in-One Fill, Seal & Cap
One compact rotary machine denests cups, fills, applies a tamper-evident membrane seal and adds an optional snap lid - no separate sealer or capper required.
MAP Nitrogen for Retail Shelf Life
Optional nitrogen flushing extends refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the range grocery distribution demands.
Certified, Food-Grade Build
Food-grade 304 stainless with CIP, CE/FDA/UL documentation and a 12-month warranty. Made in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack.
Hummus & Dip Manufacturing in Cincinnati
No other American city puts a food manufacturer this close to a national grocery buyer. The Kroger Co. is headquartered downtown, and Kroger does not merely retail private label - it manufactures a great deal of it, operating its own dairies, bakeries and prepared-food plants behind the Kroger, Private Selection and Simple Truth brands. For a Cincinnati dip producer, the private-label conversation is a local meeting rather than a flight.
Around that sits a real consumer-goods economy. Procter & Gamble has trained generations of packaging, quality and process engineers who now turn up in food plants across Hamilton and Butler counties. The region's own brands scaled from here too: Graeter's still makes ice cream in French pot batches, Skyline and Gold Star turned chili into a packaged category, and Klosterman supplies bread across the Ohio Valley.
The specialty end is just as active. Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine, Ohio's oldest continuously operated public market, incubates small refrigerated brands, while Jungle Jim's in Fairfield gives international and specialty dips shelf space few independents can find anywhere else. Freight is the other advantage - I-75 and I-71 converge here, Ohio River terminals handle bulk ingredients, and CVG across the river hosts the DHL Americas hub and an Amazon Air hub.
What stalls local producers is rarely demand. It is proving to a category manager that you can hold spec - fill weight, seal integrity, code date - cup after cup, week after week, on a line that can still change over to the next brand. That is why so many enquiries about a hummus filling machine in Cincinnati begin with a private-label RFP.
Why Cincinnati Producers Choose the SDH-R
Private label is an unforgiving customer. The specification is written by someone else, the net weight is audited, and the penalty for drift is a chargeback rather than a conversation. Cincinnati producers choose the SDH-R because it is built to hold a written spec instead of chasing one.
- +/-0.5% fill accuracy. A servo-driven volumetric piston holds declared weight without the overfill giveaway that quietly erodes margin on a 10 oz private-label cup, and without the underfills that trigger a retailer audit.
- Recipe memory for multiple brand owners. Every customer's parameters live on the PLC/HMI. Run your own label in the morning, a store brand in the afternoon, and record which recipe produced which lot.
- Changeover in about 15 minutes. Tool-free strip-down and quick tooling changes make short private-label runs schedulable instead of disruptive.
- Closure the buyer will accept. Roll-film membrane heat sealing delivers a tamper-evident cup; add a pre-cut or snap-on lid where the planogram calls for a reclosable format.
- Code dates the distribution centre will accept. Optional MAP nitrogen flush pushes 7-10 day refrigerated dips to 30-45+ days, often the difference between a single-division listing and a wider one.
At up to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle and a realistic 18-25 CPM in production, one SDH-R covers the volume most Ohio Valley brands need before a dedicated line is justified - which is usually the honest answer when someone asks what a cup filling machine in Cincinnati should cost. See the full machine specification or the dip filling and sealing machine overview.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Cincinnati
Build and delivery into the Ohio Valley take 8 to 12 weeks from Calgary, Alberta. Ohio and Northern Kentucky installations are supported from our New Jersey service centre, which handles field service and parts for the eastern half of the continent - an important detail when a private-label run cannot slip a week waiting on a seal head.
Installation in Greater Cincinnati includes commissioning on your own formulation. Bring your hummus, French onion dip or pimento cheese, your cups and your lidding film, and we set piston stroke, seal temperature, dwell and indexing on the product that will actually run. Where nitrogen flush is fitted, MAP performance is verified before hand-off.
Training runs on two tracks. Operators learn recipe selection, changeover and daily fault clearing at the HMI. The sanitation crew learns the CIP cycle and the tool-free strip-down, including the reassembly order that keeps a swab test clean. Everything ships under a 12-month warranty with a recommended spare-parts kit and North American parts stock, so a dip filling machine in Cincinnati is never idle waiting on an overseas shipment. Start a quote through the contact page.
SDH-R Specifications for Cincinnati Producers
Full specification of the SDH-R automatic cup filling, sealing and cupping machine.
| Specification | SDH-R |
|---|---|
| Throughput | Up to 30 cups per minute (dry cycle) |
| Real-world output | 18-25 cups/min depending on product, cup size & options |
| Fill range | 50 g - 500 g (2 oz - 17 oz) |
| Fill-weight accuracy | +/-0.5% (servo-driven volumetric piston) |
| Standard cup sizes | 4 oz, 8 oz, 10 oz, 16 oz |
| Custom cup sizes | 2 oz - 32 oz with matching tooling |
| Sealing | Roll-film membrane heat seal (tamper-evident) |
| Lidding options | Pre-cut lid | snap-on lid (pick-and-place) |
| Shelf-life option | MAP nitrogen flush - 7-10 days to 30-45+ days refrigerated |
| Filler stations | Up to 3 (base + drizzle + garnish in one pass) |
| Construction | Food-grade 304 stainless steel |
| Cleaning | CIP clean-in-place + tool-free strip-down |
| Controls | PLC + HMI with recipe storage |
| Changeover | Under ~15 minutes between SKUs |
| Certifications | CE, FDA, UL |
| Footprint | 44 x 52 in (1,100.5 x 1,315.5 mm) |
| Origin | Made in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Alter Pack |
| Warranty | 12 months |
| Delivery | 8-12 weeks from order confirmation |
| Starting price | From $45,000 USD |
Manual vs Semi-Automatic vs Automatic Rotary Cup Filling
Which tier of cup filling machine fits your production stage (throughput varies by product, cup size and fill weight).
| Factor | Hand-filling | Semi-automatic / tabletop | SDH-R automatic rotary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical output | ~3-6 cups/min | ~8-15 cups/min | Up to 30 cups/min |
| Operators on fill & seal | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1 supervising |
| Fill-weight accuracy | Operator-dependent | Moderate | +/-0.5% servo volumetric |
| Tamper-evident sealing | Hand-applied lids | Separate bench sealer | Integrated membrane seal |
| MAP / extended shelf life | Not available | Rarely available | Optional nitrogen flush (30-45+ days) |
| Typical investment | Lowest | Moderate | From $45,000 USD |
SDH-R Configuration for Cincinnati
Products It Fills
Serving Cincinnati & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in Cincinnati
Fully automatic from empty cup to sealed, retail-ready product
Cup Denesting
Empty cups are automatically separated from a nested stack and placed into the rotary table carriers. The pneumatic denester handles round, square, and rectangular cups from 2oz to 32oz.
Servo-Driven Filling
The volumetric piston filler draws a precise dose and dispenses it into the cup. Servo control adjusts stroke length and speed per recipe, maintaining plus/minus 0.5% fill-weight accuracy. The PLC stores recipes for quick changeovers.
Membrane Heat Sealing
Roll-stock film is drawn across the filled cup and heat-sealed to create a tamper-evident, airtight membrane. Sealing temperature, pressure, and dwell time are individually controlled to match your film and cup materials.
Snap-On Lid (Optional)
A pick-and-place mechanism applies a consumer-friendly snap-on lid over the membrane seal - a two-barrier system providing tamper evidence and reclosability for grocery retail and foodservice.
MAP Nitrogen Flush (Optional)
Modified Atmosphere Packaging replaces headspace oxygen with food-grade nitrogen immediately before sealing, typically extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days.
Cup Filling Machines in Cincinnati - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Cincinnati and across the Midwest region, supported by North American service centres in Alberta, New Jersey and California. Standard delivery is 8-12 weeks from order confirmation and every machine includes a 12-month warranty.
The SDH-R starts at $45,000 USD for the single-filler configuration. Price depends on the number of filler stations, MAP nitrogen flushing, lidding format and custom cup tooling. Contact us for a configured quote for your products and volume.
Up to 30 cups per minute in dry-cycle operation, with real-world output typically 18-25 cups per minute depending on product viscosity, cup size, fill weight and whether MAP nitrogen flushing is enabled.
Yes. The optional MAP nitrogen flush displaces headspace oxygen immediately before sealing, typically extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the range regional and national grocery distribution requires.
Tzatziki, baba ganoush, labneh, guacamole, salsa, pesto, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream-cheese spreads, queso and cheese dips, aioli and other emulsified sauces, nut butters and tahini. Up to three filler stations allow layered and garnished cups in one pass.
Yes. The SDH-R is CE, FDA and UL certified and built from food-grade 304 stainless steel with CIP clean-in-place and tool-free strip-down, suited to HACCP and BRCGS-audited plants. It is designed and built in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack.
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